Time Domain Equalizer Design Using Bit Error Rate Minimization for UWB Systems
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-18-2009
Abstract
Ultra-wideband (UWB) communication systems occupy huge bandwidths with very low power spectral densities. This feature makes the UWB channels highly rich in resolvable multipaths. To exploit the temporal diversity, the receiver is commonly implemented through a Rake. The aim to capture enough signal energy to maintain an acceptable output signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) dictates a very complicated Rake structure with a large number of fingers. Channel shortening or time domain equalizer (TEQ) can simplify the Rake receiver design by reducing the number of significant taps in the effective channel. In this paper, we first derive the bit error rate (BER) of a multiuser and multipath UWB system in the presence of a TEQ at the receiver front end. This BER is then written in a form suitable for traditional optimization. We then present a TEQ design which minimizes the BER of the system to perform efficient channel shortening. The performance of the proposed algorithm is compared with some generic TEQ designs and other Rake structures in UWB channels. It is shown that the proposed algorithm maintains a lower BER along with efficiently shortening the channel.
DOI
10.1155/2009/786291
Source Publication
EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking
Recommended Citation
Husain, S. I., Yuan, J., Zhang, J., & Martin, R. K. (2009). Time Domain Equalizer Design Using Bit Error Rate Minimization for UWB Systems. EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking, 2009(1), 786291. https://doi.org/10.1155/2009/786291
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Copyright © 2009 Syed Imtiaz Husain et al.
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